Syntheses, structures, and reactions of highly strained dihydro- and tetrahydroacepentalene derivatives

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1192-1200

  Haag, Rainer ^a   Schüngel, Franz Manfred ^a   Ohlhorst, Björk ^a   Lendvai, Thomas ^a   Butenschön, Holger ^b   Clark, Timothy ^a   Noltemeyer, Mathias ^a   Haumann, Thomas ^c   Boese, Roland ^a   De Meijere, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acepentalene; Alkenes; Aromaticity; Polyquinanes; Strained molecules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031822595     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19980710)4:7<1192::AID-CHEM1192>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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